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say should not be ruling syria? >> it's a fascinating military dmem ma. the u.s. military has made the case it would be difficult to send manned aircraft to bomb inside syria and the regime target because syria has radar, anti-aircraft missiles. you can't take that risk with american pilots. what officials are now saying is they have looked at where they believe isis is. it's a less populated area. if you're going doubt damascus, the capital of syria and get to the al-assad regime, very tough military business. the chances of getting shot down a little too risky for the u.s. to take. but isis in less populated areas with less air defense. maybe they can work around it and do it. and we have now seen the first military mission inside syria with that attempted rescue of the hostages. >> of course they said went off flawlessly but failed but the hostages weren't there. how did the obama administration underestimate the threat of isis? >> reporter: today's assessment of the isis threat by the white house is serious. >>
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and allies air strikes in syria? >> brianna, i do believe that the administration is seriously considering that. i think that by keeping congress in the loop, keeping us informed and maybe even going a step further, getting authorization from the united states congress, i believe there are many members who feel the same way. my step son and daughter-in-law served in iraq. >> do you think that would pass a democratic senate? >> well, one can only hope. isis is a real threat. it's a threat to the entire area. it's a threat to democratic allies. and our u.s. national security interests. we cannot wish it and hope it away. we need to eliminate this. let's just first try limited air strikes and helping the kurds without further involving a u.s. troops on the ground. i think that we can beat these guys back but doing nothing is it not an option. >> congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen, thanks for joining us. next breaking news. i an stunning have you development involving a police officer who was involved in crowd control in
and allies air strikes in syria? >> brianna, i do believe that the administration is seriously considering that. i think that by keeping congress in the loop, keeping us informed and maybe even going a step further, getting authorization from the united states congress, i believe there are many members who feel the same way. my step son and daughter-in-law served in iraq. >> do you think that would pass a democratic senate? >> well, one can only hope. isis is a real threat....
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air strikes in syria. no real definitive answer, echoing what we heard from the secretary of defense. we'll explore all options. let's stay on isis. there has been a starkly worded warning about the threat to this country from isis. and this is the warning being usual you'd from the highest ranks of the pentagon and pretty much speaks for itself. >> this is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision, which will eventually have to be defeated. >> they have no standard of decency, of responsible human behavior. >> isn't the calculation that isil presents a 9/11-level threat to the united states? >> jim, isil is a sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen. they're beyond just a terrorist group. oh, this is beyond anything that we have seen. so we must prepare for everything. and the only way you do that is you take a cold, steely, hard look at it and get ready. >> it's an immediate threat. that is to say the fighters who may leave the current fight and migrate home
air strikes in syria. no real definitive answer, echoing what we heard from the secretary of defense. we'll explore all options. let's stay on isis. there has been a starkly worded warning about the threat to this country from isis. and this is the warning being usual you'd from the highest ranks of the pentagon and pretty much speaks for itself. >> this is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision, which will eventually have to be defeated. >> they have...
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we don't have anything similar in syria. it's not only the intelligence picture, just the open source picture. you do get some of that from social media but it's quite distorted because it's often very partisan and for one side or the other. so, you know, i think any kind of decision about what to do in syria is very much hampered by the fact that we simply don't know very much about what is going on on the ground. >> i just want to draw our viewer's attention, if you're just joining us, you'll see on the right-hand side of your screen, the pentagon briefing is expected to start soon. we're waiting for rear admiral john kirby to update us. after some pretty striking comments yesterday from his boss, chuck hagel, the defense secretary, and the chairman of the joint chiefs as well, stepping up the government's description of what the government considers a cancer. and that is isis and the spread of isis control throughout the cradle of civilization, effectively. if i could ask you this, colonel what could grow wrong? it's easy
we don't have anything similar in syria. it's not only the intelligence picture, just the open source picture. you do get some of that from social media but it's quite distorted because it's often very partisan and for one side or the other. so, you know, i think any kind of decision about what to do in syria is very much hampered by the fact that we simply don't know very much about what is going on on the ground. >> i just want to draw our viewer's attention, if you're just joining us,...
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ideas, stepping up air strikes in iraq, even considering should somebody think about air strike inside syria. the pentagon says it's not taking any option off the table, but no decisions have been made. they clearly though want to get some partnership once again with countries in the region, get them involved in all of this and history shows us that kind of partnership has been very problematic, to use a cliche, we're going to have to see where it all goes. >> are you talking about countries like saudi arabia, jordan and qatar? >> that's what the pentagon would like to see. starting with iraq. get the iraqi military back into shape so it can participate in protecting its own country, protecting against isis inside iraq. that is problematic at the moment. the air strikes in iraq, the u.s. believes, have begun to have an impact on isis' positions inside iraq. but that's very limited, narrowly focused. that does not address isis' strength in efforts to move across iraq, take territory, terrorize people. the united nations estimates something like 1 million iraqis also displaced from their homes
ideas, stepping up air strikes in iraq, even considering should somebody think about air strike inside syria. the pentagon says it's not taking any option off the table, but no decisions have been made. they clearly though want to get some partnership once again with countries in the region, get them involved in all of this and history shows us that kind of partnership has been very problematic, to use a cliche, we're going to have to see where it all goes. >> are you talking about...
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as we know, they are very active in syria. those borders are nonexistent. they have been able to move between iraq and syria and a point being made by u.s. defense officials, general martin dempsey yesterday saying that the issue of isis in syria needs to be tackled to be able to weaken and defeat this group. >> and she's putting her ear piece back in. hopefully you can hear me as i ask this question on the aid. the fact the u.s. air strikes simply pushed isis back from mosul dam and mt. sinjar just to get aid in and retake that dam, it also allowed, though, for some aid to now come into northern iraq, to erbil, i believe. what can you tell us about those efforts and if it's adequate, if it's enough. >> reporter: well, this is a major aid push, a much needed one, a ten-day operation by u.n. agencies. also countries like the united kingdom and france sending their own aid flights into northern iraq to reach those in internally displaced people. more than 500,000 people in desperate need of this aid to alleviate their suffering. at least for the short term. t
as we know, they are very active in syria. those borders are nonexistent. they have been able to move between iraq and syria and a point being made by u.s. defense officials, general martin dempsey yesterday saying that the issue of isis in syria needs to be tackled to be able to weaken and defeat this group. >> and she's putting her ear piece back in. hopefully you can hear me as i ask this question on the aid. the fact the u.s. air strikes simply pushed isis back from mosul dam and mt....
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officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria. and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who've been indicted for joining isis within the last year. including, by the way, a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily, they were arrested before they could leave the country. but clearly, ice sis sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now. >> reporter: and tracking americans who are part of isis is getting more difficult, especially on the ground in syria and iraq. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells us the footprint for american human intelligence in that area is not extensive. analysts say the isis leader, abu bhakr al baghdadi has extra motivation to send his fighters to the u.s. >> baghdadi, who's the head of isis, is a narcissistic psychopath. he wants to be bigger than osama bin laden. one of the ways he will measure that is how effective and how big the terrorist activities he can carry out in the west are
officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria. and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who've been indicted for joining isis within the last year. including, by the way, a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily, they were arrested before they could leave the country. but clearly, ice sis sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now....
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one of the victims of what happened to jim foley are the people of syria. these kidnappings are so wide spread and again, we need to talk about this issue and there is no strategy and i think the raid was a good step but it's just -- i don't hear anything from administration or europe how they will counter this problem. >> appreciate you being on again. more from ferguson when we come back. we'll take a remarkable look at the scenes that played out not far from here. wait, are you running full adobe photoshop on a tablet? yep. but it's not just a tablet, it's really a laptop. it's a surface pro 3, with a touchscreen. well it can't be as fast as my mac. sure, it can. and it is. but you probably can't plug anything into it. i have a usb mini display port. plug away. and this is my favorite -- it's the kickstand. so you're saying it does more than my mac? well technically, you said it. ♪ well technically, you said it. hey there, i just got my bill, and i see that it includes my fico® credit score. yup, you get it free each month to help you avoid surprises
one of the victims of what happened to jim foley are the people of syria. these kidnappings are so wide spread and again, we need to talk about this issue and there is no strategy and i think the raid was a good step but it's just -- i don't hear anything from administration or europe how they will counter this problem. >> appreciate you being on again. more from ferguson when we come back. we'll take a remarkable look at the scenes that played out not far from here. wait, are you running...
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a daring nighttime raid just outside the city of roka in northern syria, a stronghold of is is. u.s. special forces were sent into danger because the intelligence showed the target was a likely location where the hostages were being held but it was not certain. the intelligence failed. >> intelligence doesn't come wrapped in a package with a bow. it is a mosaic of many pictures, of many factors. >> reporter: the mission was unprecedented. >> in ra situation where you're going into a country which is fraught with danger, which is potentially going into a city that's controlled by a nefarious and horrific force like isis, the risk levels go up considerably. >> reporter: it began under cover of darkness. several dozen elite commandos from units like army delta force and the navy s.e.a.l. team six landed in specially equipped radar helicopters. they quickly made their way to able where they were told james foley and other american hostages were being held. no one was there. a firefight broke out with nearby militants. several of those militants were killed. the u.s. team got back to
a daring nighttime raid just outside the city of roka in northern syria, a stronghold of is is. u.s. special forces were sent into danger because the intelligence showed the target was a likely location where the hostages were being held but it was not certain. the intelligence failed. >> intelligence doesn't come wrapped in a package with a bow. it is a mosaic of many pictures, of many factors. >> reporter: the mission was unprecedented. >> in ra situation where you're going...
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military action inside syria if it came to that. let me just tell you, we asked both men, both leaders why they decided that it was okay to publicize that very classified hostage rescue raid. this is not the kind of thing either of them ever talks about. they say the white house decided to do it and they approved of the idea because the news media several news media outlets were about to write stories about it. they decided to make that very secret mission public. >> barbara, i want to keep you up with us here as i bring in someone with some firsthand experience of really what it takes to plan and carry out a mission like that that we saw in the end, this is pardon me, former navy seal john mcguire. john, in the end, this was not successful but in a way i know that it was successful because the special forces were able to get out without their being really any casualties aside from i think one injury. right? >> that's correct. it's hard for many americans to understand. so maybe oversimplify it with football. we make a play and some
military action inside syria if it came to that. let me just tell you, we asked both men, both leaders why they decided that it was okay to publicize that very classified hostage rescue raid. this is not the kind of thing either of them ever talks about. they say the white house decided to do it and they approved of the idea because the news media several news media outlets were about to write stories about it. they decided to make that very secret mission public. >> barbara, i want to...
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it's going to take action inside syria. jake in. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. coming up next, the national guard pulling out of ferguson, missouri, where we are right now but with tensions still high here, is that too soon? plus, he's the congressman who represents this district that i'm standing in. he says he has no faith in the ferguson police department to lead the investigation into michael brown's killing. what does this congressman want to see done? i will ask him coming up next. , and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to r.a. symptoms. humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage in many adults. [ male announcer ] humira can lower y
it's going to take action inside syria. jake in. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. coming up next, the national guard pulling out of ferguson, missouri, where we are right now but with tensions still high here, is that too soon? plus, he's the congressman who represents this district that i'm standing in. he says he has no faith in the ferguson police department to lead the investigation into michael brown's killing. what does this congressman want to see done? i will...
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details of this daring nighttime military rescue mission inside of syria in the sands of northern syria this summer that failed to bring home american journalist, james foley. foley was gone, according to u.s. officials, when the special forces landed in the desert and battled they're their way to this oil refinery near raqqa where they hoped to find foley and perhaps other americans held hostage by isis. weeks later, we now know james foley is dead. his shocking execution having stirred both deep concern and anger among americans. as we await secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey at the pentagon, we'll bring that live, let me pursue another strand to the story. because a story -- the story out today says ransoms paid by european governments to isis have become one of the terror group's biggest sources of income. did you realize that? perhaps their biggest source of income at all, and that is where they're getting their money, from ransoms with these hostages. i want you to take a listen to this interview, this gentleman from erin burnett "outfront." >> kidnappi
details of this daring nighttime military rescue mission inside of syria in the sands of northern syria this summer that failed to bring home american journalist, james foley. foley was gone, according to u.s. officials, when the special forces landed in the desert and battled they're their way to this oil refinery near raqqa where they hoped to find foley and perhaps other americans held hostage by isis. weeks later, we now know james foley is dead. his shocking execution having stirred both...
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troops were dropped into northern syria. actually had to shoot it out with some of the militants. they did kill some militants. but they couldn't find foley. you know, at that point he and others were already gone. in a situation like this, though, how do you go in, how do you rescue your target without getting killed by captors first? i mean, that has to be a massive risk. >> well, you know, the element of surprise is very important here. so i can't give away any operational details. but the point is that we'll put up a fight. and we're willing to lay down our lives for the sake of freedom to go after men like this. so instead of dishing out money, we're willing to shed blood. if it was my own family, i would say i want the very best man on this. you send them out there, i know what they're willing to do. i used to be one of these guys. and you know what, foley's own mother, you know, she put out that she's never been prouder of her son. that he did lay down his life, really, for the sake of freedom. and that is an example of the greatest act of love. there is no greater love tha
troops were dropped into northern syria. actually had to shoot it out with some of the militants. they did kill some militants. but they couldn't find foley. you know, at that point he and others were already gone. in a situation like this, though, how do you go in, how do you rescue your target without getting killed by captors first? i mean, that has to be a massive risk. >> well, you know, the element of surprise is very important here. so i can't give away any operational details. but...
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ground operation in syria with chris heben. he's not just a former navy s.e.a.l. he was a member of s.e.a.l. team 8, a group reserved for exactly this kind of mission. also joining us author and terrorism expert and cnn national security expert peter bergen. chris, if i can start with you. first off, when this kind of a mission is set out upon and knowing full well that you probably and i know you can't say it, but you probably conducted missions very similar to this, are you given a degree of certainty, and are you also given what the unknowns are? >> you're usually not even launched for the mission unless there's a 75% chance or greater of success. and by success, meaning the person or persons you're supposed to be looking for or getting are actually there. and all of the unknowns are made known to you. the intelligence gathering is massive. it is massive. and it happens at a very high rate of speed. you've got guys chewing through intelligence data minute by minute, second by second, sometimes even en route to that compound, building or area in a helicopter or
ground operation in syria with chris heben. he's not just a former navy s.e.a.l. he was a member of s.e.a.l. team 8, a group reserved for exactly this kind of mission. also joining us author and terrorism expert and cnn national security expert peter bergen. chris, if i can start with you. first off, when this kind of a mission is set out upon and knowing full well that you probably and i know you can't say it, but you probably conducted missions very similar to this, are you given a degree of...
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it was over july 4th weekend at a place called daraka in syria in the north, and we are hearing about it now because a number of news organizations were on to the story and about to pub lir about it, so the administration made the decision to acknowledge what it could and yet not give all the details. any hostage rescue situation especially by u.s. special forces, which unbelievably went into syria to try to do this, is really the most sensitive information, to reveal any classified tactics or procedures that they try and enact to make these missions successful is really very problematic in the view of the pentagon, because more americans are being held, because they may want to try and do this again. that said, there's an awful lot out there in the public arena about how these missions go down, because unfortunately, so many of them have taken place in recent years. so people have a fair understanding, but we believe there are a lot of classified details, the pentagon still trying to hold close to its vest in case they want to try this again. >> i understand. michelle, the united sta
it was over july 4th weekend at a place called daraka in syria in the north, and we are hearing about it now because a number of news organizations were on to the story and about to pub lir about it, so the administration made the decision to acknowledge what it could and yet not give all the details. any hostage rescue situation especially by u.s. special forces, which unbelievably went into syria to try to do this, is really the most sensitive information, to reveal any classified tactics or...
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special forces were in action in syria. i should say for the first time we are aware of since the civil war began. they need to up security they have for hostages they have held there as well. it's a complicated choice for everyone involved in the operation. we are hearing, too, that potentially $100 million was requested according to the wall street journal chief executive, who james foley was, at one point, working for beliefly. it's not uncommon in these situations. deeply troubling for the information to come out now. the foley family hears it must compound them. that rescue operation for u.s. special forces extraordinarily difficult. this is an area where we as journalists find almost impossible to get footage. isis banned by themselves. isis sympathizes or those with knowledge of what they are up to or trying to flee from them. a difficult task to get clear enough information to launch the rescue operation, particularly when you are talking about what they prize most valuable. sadly, not much surprise to learn that re
special forces were in action in syria. i should say for the first time we are aware of since the civil war began. they need to up security they have for hostages they have held there as well. it's a complicated choice for everyone involved in the operation. we are hearing, too, that potentially $100 million was requested according to the wall street journal chief executive, who james foley was, at one point, working for beliefly. it's not uncommon in these situations. deeply troubling for the...
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this time he went to syria. he spoke about what he had seen in the aftermath of a helicopter attack by syrian government forces near the turkish border. >> we saw with our own eyes nine civilian bodies, some just body parts from direct hits on men leaving a mosque or men in the streets. >> it wasn't long, five months after this video was shot that jim foley was captured again. this time in syria winding up in the hands of the group calling itself isis. his boss at "the global post" is jim balboni. >> i never gave up hope that we would bring jim home. i was devastated last night. >> jim foley's parents are obviously devastated as well. they worked tirelessly for his release ever since he was taken in november 2012. >> we miss his courage, his love, his determination, his laugh, his smile. >> he brought so much joy into this family. >> and his dad said what was left mostly unsaid, about the terrible risks journalists like jim foley take every day. >> i think that we take journalists for granted sometimes. they --
this time he went to syria. he spoke about what he had seen in the aftermath of a helicopter attack by syrian government forces near the turkish border. >> we saw with our own eyes nine civilian bodies, some just body parts from direct hits on men leaving a mosque or men in the streets. >> it wasn't long, five months after this video was shot that jim foley was captured again. this time in syria winding up in the hands of the group calling itself isis. his boss at "the global...
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could encourage people in the europe and the united states to understand that if you want to go to syria and iraq and fight in the jihad you don't have to be from saudi arab arabia. you can be from london or paris or new york. this isn't the first time we've seen this. we've seen omar from -- >> appreciate -- >> go ahead. >> you dropped out of my ear for a second. i'm sorry, continue. >> no, i was saying we've seen this historically, we seen omar from alabama speak for al shabob and germans speak to germans and americans from al qaeda. this is clearly a way to say look, if you want to join jihad, there is people like you here, please come and join ups. >> yeah, it's really just outrageous. we'll talk more in the next hour, as well. appreciate both of you being on. we'll be right back live from ferguson as the protests here continue. gradually more people are arriving but the numbers greatly down, hopefully this will be a night without any certainly large scale arrests like we saw even last night with more than 40 people arrested. we'll be right back. at humana, e gap will close when heal
could encourage people in the europe and the united states to understand that if you want to go to syria and iraq and fight in the jihad you don't have to be from saudi arab arabia. you can be from london or paris or new york. this isn't the first time we've seen this. we've seen omar from -- >> appreciate -- >> go ahead. >> you dropped out of my ear for a second. i'm sorry, continue. >> no, i was saying we've seen this historically, we seen omar from alabama speak for...
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with the threat of isis in syria and iraq. i'm brianna keilar, thank you so much for watching us here in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >> another police officer in ferguson under fire tonight. we'll show you the video that just got him suspended. plus new evidence from the michael brown shooting raising questions tonight about the moments just before his death. and breaking news on the brutal beheading of the american at the hands of isis. late word tonight that the united states attempted a rescue mission this summer. it is an extraordinary development in the story. we have all the details. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight we begin with the breaking news in ferguson. the nation's top law enforcement official is on the ground in ferguson, missouri, attorney general eric holder meeting with the parents of michael brown. the unarmed black teen shot by white police. protesters beginning to gather just again preparing for another possible brutal encou
with the threat of isis in syria and iraq. i'm brianna keilar, thank you so much for watching us here in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts now. >> another police officer in ferguson under fire tonight. we'll show you the video that just got him suspended. plus new evidence from the michael brown shooting raising questions tonight about the moments just before his death. and breaking news on the brutal beheading of the american at the hands of isis....
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. >> actually in syria. we have an extraordinary revelation by the obama administration in the last few minutes. earlier this summer, u.s. special forces several dozen of them landed inside syria for the first time we know of combat boots in an attempted hostage rescue of james foley and several other hostages being held by isis. these were the most senior special forces the u.s. has on the level of delta force, seal team six, we have seen spring into action so many times before. they had intelligence. they went to a site in syria. that location not being disclosed. they came in by helicopter, several dozen of them. they were backed up in the air by combat aircraft by intelligence and surveillance aircraft keeping an eye on them at all times. when they got to this facility, they engaged isis fighters on the ground. we are told they killed several of them. we are told one of the special forces personnel was wounded, no u.s. personnel killed, but when they got to the site, none of the hostages were there. very
. >> actually in syria. we have an extraordinary revelation by the obama administration in the last few minutes. earlier this summer, u.s. special forces several dozen of them landed inside syria for the first time we know of combat boots in an attempted hostage rescue of james foley and several other hostages being held by isis. these were the most senior special forces the u.s. has on the level of delta force, seal team six, we have seen spring into action so many times before. they had...
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the jihadist movement has been energized by what's going on in iraq and syria. so well is a let of concern, too, about lone wolf strikes back in europe by people who are energized by these kind of videos and then acting in isis' name to retaliate, jake. >> i think probably a lot of our viewers are wondering right now, paul, with all of the nsa surveillance and the -- and the british counterpart to the nsa, with all of the no-fly lists and all of the intrusions into who we are and how we live the governments of europe and the united states really have no idea who these people are? >> well, they have some idea because they know some of the people who have traveled, but they don't have eyes and ears on the ground. they don't have good intelligence assets and human intelligence assets in syria and iraq right now. so it's very, very difficult for them to know what isis is planning and what they're going to do next. are they going to plot some sort of terror strike in the west some they've got tens of millions of dollars. they've got training cramps and recruits and t
the jihadist movement has been energized by what's going on in iraq and syria. so well is a let of concern, too, about lone wolf strikes back in europe by people who are energized by these kind of videos and then acting in isis' name to retaliate, jake. >> i think probably a lot of our viewers are wondering right now, paul, with all of the nsa surveillance and the -- and the british counterpart to the nsa, with all of the no-fly lists and all of the intrusions into who we are and how we...
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should be bombing isis in syria? >> well, i don't think we should go to bombing isis in syria over the killing of this journalist. there may be strategic reasons down the road why select targets are necessary to hit. i don't think we're there yet. syria and iraq are two very different circumstances. >> what will get us there? >> right now we have a government we can work with in iraq. we have a kurdish military we can help support. we don't have those elements in syria. and i don't see that changing any time soon. but there may be a fight that goes on near the syria and iraq border. the military equation may change in syria, where air strikes are either necessary or desirable. but i don't think we're there yet, and i think the president is going to have to resist efforts, and i think he is to become a fully en tangled in the civil war in syria and in the conflict in iraq. we need to play a supportive role. and i think, brooke, we also have to understand that regardless of what we do, whether we strike in the air now
should be bombing isis in syria? >> well, i don't think we should go to bombing isis in syria over the killing of this journalist. there may be strategic reasons down the road why select targets are necessary to hit. i don't think we're there yet. syria and iraq are two very different circumstances. >> what will get us there? >> right now we have a government we can work with in iraq. we have a kurdish military we can help support. we don't have those elements in syria. and i...
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if they want to strike back at isis inside syria, one of the biggest problems is syria has very hefty air defenses. you cannot fly u.s. aircraft, manned or unmanned, into syria, without the risk of being shot down, if you want to launch strikes against isis. one of the things they're doing right now, though, u.s. and british intelligence experts, they're scanning every frame of this video, every shred of the audio, because the executioner, the man in black, speaks with a british accent, and there is urgent concern about who he is. is he possibly a british citizen? is he someone with a passport that could return to europe and carry out more attacks? so they're looking at every frame, every bit of this, for every clue they can. what is his accent? what do the terrain features in the video, the sand, the sun, the dust, what does that say maybe about where the location is, really looking at it, frame by frame. if they can match the audio of the executioner's voice to perhaps an intercept that either the british or u.s. intelligence services have in hand from previous intercepts, that may
if they want to strike back at isis inside syria, one of the biggest problems is syria has very hefty air defenses. you cannot fly u.s. aircraft, manned or unmanned, into syria, without the risk of being shot down, if you want to launch strikes against isis. one of the things they're doing right now, though, u.s. and british intelligence experts, they're scanning every frame of this video, every shred of the audio, because the executioner, the man in black, speaks with a british accent, and...
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james foley kidnapped in northwest syria on thanksgiving gave -- day 2012. isis says they killed him in retaliation for u.s. military operations in iraq. foley, a freelance photo journalist from new hampshire reads a message denouncing the u.s., presumably written by his captors. he says america is his real killer and then foley is murdered. the obama administration says they are working to authenticate the video, adding if genuine we are apal by the brutal murder of an innocent american journalist and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends and the family of jim foley released a statement late tuesday night that reads in part, we implor the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. like jim, they are innocents. they have no control over american government policy in iraq, syria or anywhere in the world. another american journalist is shown at the end of the video. the executioner speaking with an apparent british accent threats to take sotloff's life. he has worked as a contributor to "time magazine." no one knows how man
james foley kidnapped in northwest syria on thanksgiving gave -- day 2012. isis says they killed him in retaliation for u.s. military operations in iraq. foley, a freelance photo journalist from new hampshire reads a message denouncing the u.s., presumably written by his captors. he says america is his real killer and then foley is murdered. the obama administration says they are working to authenticate the video, adding if genuine we are apal by the brutal murder of an innocent american...
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foley disappeared in northwest syria on thanksgiving day, 2012. weeks later, his parents held a press conference outside their new hampshire home, pleading to his captors to release him. >> as jim's father, i appeal to the people who have jim. to let us know where he is and to help us secure his release and to give us some information in terms of his welfare, his health. >> reporter: foley had spent the previous five years reporting independently from the middle east. he faced danger in the past, kidnapped, along with several others, by gadhafi loyalists in libya. he was repeatedly interrogated as war raged around them. after 44 day, foley was released and brought to this hotel where other western journalists were staying. >> especially towards the end we started to hear the bombs coming closer and more frequently. >> reporter: he continued reporting in the region until he was captured again. foley was working on several stories when he was abducted, including one on the destruction of the ancient city of aleppo, according to his brother, michael
foley disappeared in northwest syria on thanksgiving day, 2012. weeks later, his parents held a press conference outside their new hampshire home, pleading to his captors to release him. >> as jim's father, i appeal to the people who have jim. to let us know where he is and to help us secure his release and to give us some information in terms of his welfare, his health. >> reporter: foley had spent the previous five years reporting independently from the middle east. he faced...
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we've got more than 1,000 europeans going to places like syria and iraq to fight. this is a message to extremists in europe that you can penetrate the core of the islamic state even if you have a british accent. >> you think that this is not just a fringe group that is going to have a hard time sort of rallying the base of muslim followers and believers. you think that this -- these guys have a stronghold then? >> no, i think they will have difficulties rallying across the islamic world. you'll have a lot of islamic leaders come out against this. this in fact i think over the long term will undercut the islamic state. we've seen this repeatedly over decades with islamic groups. once they gain power, they can't contain themselves. they feel compelled to go out and prove how extreme they are, but in the short term i think there's a subculture within the islamic state, like what we've seen in al shabab in cimolai, for example, like what we've seen with the abduction of those nigerian girls in northern nigeria, a subculture that says the more extreme we are, the more l
we've got more than 1,000 europeans going to places like syria and iraq to fight. this is a message to extremists in europe that you can penetrate the core of the islamic state even if you have a british accent. >> you think that this is not just a fringe group that is going to have a hard time sort of rallying the base of muslim followers and believers. you think that this -- these guys have a stronghold then? >> no, i think they will have difficulties rallying across the islamic...
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foley was kidnapped in syria just about two years ago. the video concludes with terrorists threatening to kill another american journalist. nick paton walsh live from erbil, iraq. authorities have not confirmed the authenticity of this video. his family, his mother issuing a statement saying she's very proud of her son and sounds like the family doesn't doubt its authenticity. >> reporter: yes, sadly, diane, his mother, releasing a statement saying she's never been prouder of her son. reminding everybody contrary to what the execution of the isis militants suggest, he was just a journalist abducted in syria nearly two years ago. really, the family felt he ended up in the hands of the isis militants. it shows you how messy the violence has become. i think also it's hard for the family to see those pictures. it's a graphic video. the man doing the executing is seemingly a british citizen. speaks with a british accent and was in the video, too, another american journalist is clearly threatened here. we know that isis have a number of america
foley was kidnapped in syria just about two years ago. the video concludes with terrorists threatening to kill another american journalist. nick paton walsh live from erbil, iraq. authorities have not confirmed the authenticity of this video. his family, his mother issuing a statement saying she's very proud of her son and sounds like the family doesn't doubt its authenticity. >> reporter: yes, sadly, diane, his mother, releasing a statement saying she's never been prouder of her son....
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foley was kidnapped in syria just about two years ago. the video concludes with terrorist threatening to kill another american journalist they are holding. nick paton walsh live from erbil, iraq. such a sad story. this is a photojournalist who just a few years ago was kidnapped with other journalists in libya and found his freedom. and then he was kidnapped again by isis and now apparently executed. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, it seems, according to the family, that they do accept it as their son in that horrifying video to watch a man with a british accent does the gruesome act of beheading mr. foley. and this, he is a long-serving freelance correspondent, who as you say, worked in the bureau briefly held there by moammar gadhafi's forces. and then in 2012 was abducted, it's not clear who, what would have been in line of the syrian rebel movement. and really how he landed in the hands of isis tells you how the syrian movement has been laden with extremists in iraq to get us to this stage here. many fear that the large, compa
foley was kidnapped in syria just about two years ago. the video concludes with terrorist threatening to kill another american journalist they are holding. nick paton walsh live from erbil, iraq. such a sad story. this is a photojournalist who just a few years ago was kidnapped with other journalists in libya and found his freedom. and then he was kidnapped again by isis and now apparently executed. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, it seems, according to the family, that they do...
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they have no control over american government policy in iraq, syria or anywhere in the world. >>> people from foley's hometown are reacting as well. >> you just feel sad, you hope the family can grieve and deal with it, it's one of those things you can't control at all. >> this is a tragedy beyond imagining. there's no words to describe this kind of inhumanity. >> the video also shows another journalist, the man in orange you're about to see a screen grab of that, he's believed to be steven sutluffe, a contrib e contributor to "time" magazine. in the video, an isis militant warn that sutcliffe's life lies in the balance. nic robertson discussed the militant's groups motives earlier in our situation room. >> they've held these journalists, james season the the only one. they've held a european journalist as well, as bargaining chips. we don't know why the french journalist was released, we know the british government and american government don't negotiate with terrorists and don't pay ransoms to terrorists. again, we don't know why some of these other journalists have been released and w
they have no control over american government policy in iraq, syria or anywhere in the world. >>> people from foley's hometown are reacting as well. >> you just feel sad, you hope the family can grieve and deal with it, it's one of those things you can't control at all. >> this is a tragedy beyond imagining. there's no words to describe this kind of inhumanity. >> the video also shows another journalist, the man in orange you're about to see a screen grab of that,...
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he went missing in syria in november of 2012. there was thought he might have been held by the syrian government. now isis, obviously, had him at some point. we've been talking about this. that in a way on sort of a black market, some of these journalists, captives, are traded almost as bargaining chips, right? >> that's right. fundamentally, the terrorists is on the screen. i watch this horrific video. and he claims that they are a legitimate government. they've declared in the la haven't and claims they are a legitimate government but he is using what is out of the al qaeda play book. we have seen videos of beheadings before. and i think this is an indication that the strategy of military support and military action against isis is because now they're reacting and they're trying to push back and they want it to stop. i think it is absolutely right that you can expect more of this. they will -- however many individuals they have in captivity, they will one by one bring them out because they're feeling the pressure of military ac
he went missing in syria in november of 2012. there was thought he might have been held by the syrian government. now isis, obviously, had him at some point. we've been talking about this. that in a way on sort of a black market, some of these journalists, captives, are traded almost as bargaining chips, right? >> that's right. fundamentally, the terrorists is on the screen. i watch this horrific video. and he claims that they are a legitimate government. they've declared in the la...
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navy ship. >>> the faa issued a no fly zone over syria for u.s. carriers as the civil war in syria rages on. >>> the legendary voice of "saturday night live" has died. >> it's "saturday night live"! >> that voice started my saturday nights, when i can stay awake. dan pardo passed away peacefully at his arizona home, he was the voice of "snl" since its premiere back in 1975, only missing one season. he began his career at nbc radio in 1940. he was one you have the first to bring word of jfk's assassination to the nation. and he is the only announcer with a place in the academy of televisions arts and sciences hall of fame. don pardo was 96 years old. what i love about this story is that apparently in the early days on thursdays, he would commute to manhattan to do the announcement, but as technology improved, he could do it at home. i always imagine him maybe in his pajamas doing that won daefl announc i wonderful announcing. >> everyone knows that voice. >> yes. >> good, long life. >>> coming up next on "new day," many of the protesters in ferguso
navy ship. >>> the faa issued a no fly zone over syria for u.s. carriers as the civil war in syria rages on. >>> the legendary voice of "saturday night live" has died. >> it's "saturday night live"! >> that voice started my saturday nights, when i can stay awake. dan pardo passed away peacefully at his arizona home, he was the voice of "snl" since its premiere back in 1975, only missing one season. he began his career at nbc radio in...
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syria now? >> i want to ask you about that. i need to get your take. the president's remarks in an interview with the new york times has gotten a lot of attention. when he said that it is always been a fantasy that arming the rebels in syria, the moderate opposition would have made a difference. what do you make of that? >> it is simply something -- it is a policy debate. but i think the record is clear that the syrian uprising in 2012 was dominated not by extremists, but by moderate people. they needed help because the extremist element i mentioned which was growing in 2012, had better funding coming up from friends and private circles in the gulf, the moderates pleaded with us for money and for weapons to compete for recruits with the extremist groups. they did not get that help. and the extremists, not a surprise, with their money, were able to get recruits and were able to grow. >> well, you said to christiane amanpour after you left your post, i was no longer in a position where i felt i co
syria now? >> i want to ask you about that. i need to get your take. the president's remarks in an interview with the new york times has gotten a lot of attention. when he said that it is always been a fantasy that arming the rebels in syria, the moderate opposition would have made a difference. what do you make of that? >> it is simply something -- it is a policy debate. but i think the record is clear that the syrian uprising in 2012 was dominated not by extremists, but by...
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its leader al baghdadi may have fled back to syria. but more than 1 million iraqis now on the run from isis according to the u.n. it's still grabbing territory and bolstering its ranks across northern iraq and in next door syria. >> it's now increased to well over 10,000 fighters. so it does appear to have increased in numbers. it appears to be wealthier. >> the u.s. intelligence community now doing a new assessment. trying to calculate how many fighters isis has including foreign fighters mainly in syria. and how many may be americans. the worry for the u.s., westerners trained by isis could return home and plot attacks. >> we're concerned about those, this type of organization which is very dangerous and probably wants to try to prove itself in one way or another. could go further along in its efforts to attack our homeland. >> u.s. intelligence agencies worry the momentum has brought isis thousands of new fighters now armed with heavy weapons from abandoned iraqi military bases. but isis is not unstoppable at least in iraq. >> isis
its leader al baghdadi may have fled back to syria. but more than 1 million iraqis now on the run from isis according to the u.n. it's still grabbing territory and bolstering its ranks across northern iraq and in next door syria. >> it's now increased to well over 10,000 fighters. so it does appear to have increased in numbers. it appears to be wealthier. >> the u.s. intelligence community now doing a new assessment. trying to calculate how many fighters isis has including foreign...
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none of those conditions obtained in syria. so, yeah, there is a practical reality, just as we all face. you want to help lots of people in the world. but you do ask yourself, is there a smart way? is there a charity i can do something with it? do good. it's effective. it actually makes a difference. those are reasonable concerns for the obama administration. >> fareed zakaria, great to have you insight, as always. >> pleasure. >> of course, there is always politics. well need to talk than. now. >> joining us now to talk than. about the president obama finds himself being drawn deeper into conflicts in hot spots around the world while facing tough questions from his critics here at home. what option does he really have left? and who better to talk to than our gloria borger. she is our chief political analyst on cnn. i was particularly struck by something you wrote last week, you calling the very reluctant warrior, president obama the very reluctant warrior. tonight we learn that the reluctant warrior has special operations forc
none of those conditions obtained in syria. so, yeah, there is a practical reality, just as we all face. you want to help lots of people in the world. but you do ask yourself, is there a smart way? is there a charity i can do something with it? do good. it's effective. it actually makes a difference. those are reasonable concerns for the obama administration. >> fareed zakaria, great to have you insight, as always. >> pleasure. >> of course, there is always politics. well need...
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people trapped on the mountain and it does appear that some have been evacuated over land to neighboring syria, but that is a dangerous journey that is killing people as they make that marathon trek through the desert. >> ivan, just describe a little bit how dire the situation is up on top of the that sinjar mountain? >> it was chaotic. that was definite. it did look like some people were getting some aid. some people did not want to be evacuated. the air crew was trying to call people over to the helicopter and some people ran up, took a bag of food and then did not want to get on. perhaps because they don't want to be split up from their families. >> ivan watson doing amazing reporting. thanks very much. >> thanks, wolf. >>> our other breaking story tonight, on again, off again seize fire, the war going on between israel and hamas. tonight, it appears to be both. fred has the latest for us joining us live from gaza city. what is going on right now on the ground? are you seeing, fred? >> reporter: well, i think you're absolutely right, wolf. the seize fire appears to be holding but there are
people trapped on the mountain and it does appear that some have been evacuated over land to neighboring syria, but that is a dangerous journey that is killing people as they make that marathon trek through the desert. >> ivan, just describe a little bit how dire the situation is up on top of the that sinjar mountain? >> it was chaotic. that was definite. it did look like some people were getting some aid. some people did not want to be evacuated. the air crew was trying to call...